After much fuss and bother with my previous stream provider, the station is now signed up with a new provider, and streaming not only on the Choice Classic Rock website, but also on various radio station directories throughout the Internet. Thank you for your patience as this situation was straightened out. If you need to input the stream address for a local desktop player – you can use https://streamer.radio.co/s66f2626b4/listen and it will work!
Now the good news! I have loaded 9 newly released classic rock tracks into high rotation on the playlist – featuring songs from Deep Purple, Steve Howe (of Yes) and more! Six of the songs are from the following newly released albums:
Deep Purple – Whoosh! … This is the third album in a row that the band has recorded with producer Bob Ezrin – and is arguably the best of the bunch. It definitely has a Deep Purple sound, but the songs are lithe, full of energy, and the band sounds like they are having a lot of fun. Definitely recommended. Listen for the tracks Step By Step, The Power of the Moon and What For What. Read the review here.
Steve Howe – Love Is … The Yes guitarist’s 12th solo album delivers a very interesting array of alternating instrumentals and sung tracks. Howe is joined by his song Dylan Howe on drums and Jon Davidson who was the Yes vocalist of eight years. Listen for the songs It Ain’t Easy, See Me Through and The Headlands. Read the review here.
New Singles
The other 3 songs are all recently released singles:
The Rolling Stones – Scarlet … this never-before released song is the second single from the deluxe version of the band’s iconic 1973 album Goats Head Soup, which is scheduled for release September 4th, 2020. It features Jimmy Page on guitar. Click here to watch the video.
Bon Jovi – Do What You Can … this song is from the band’s upcoming album 2020, which was supposed to be released earlier in the year but is now scheduled for release on October 2, 2020. The song was written in March during the pandemic, when the singer asked fans to contribute a second verse based on their own experiences during the lockdown.
Tom Petty – There Goes Angela (Dream Away) … the late singer/songwriter recorded this song during the sessions for his Wildflowers album, which was originally envisioned as a double album, but he was forced to cut several songs when it was cut down to a single album. Some of the lost songs appeared on the She’s the One soundtrack in 1996, but others were placed into Petty’s archive and never heard by the public – until now. This song is available for free on his website – but you have to successfully answer a quiz before you can download the song.
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